Thomas Viloteau is a French classical guitarist. Viloteau entered the École Normale Supérieure in Paris after receiving the Fondation Zigmund Zaleski Scholarship. Viloteau entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, where he studied and worked privately. Viloteau received the ...
Pierre Jean Porro was an influential French guitarist, composer and music publisher. His influence helped popularize the guitar as a salon instrument. Also a guitar teacher, he published a guitar method and was an editor and publisher of several musical journals. His life coincided with the ...
Antoine de Lhoyer was a French virtuoso guitarist and an eminent early romantic composer of mainly chamber music featuring the classical guitar. L'Hoyer also had a notable military career, he was an elite member of Gardes du Corps du Roi, a Knight of the Order of St John and a Knight of the ...
Alexandre Lagoya was a French classical guitarist. His early career included boxing and guitar. On the sleeve of his record with Columbia, Lagoya pays deep tribute to Presti and admits that after her premature death he was unable to play for years. He returned to the guitar as a teacher, tutoring ...
Lucien Gelas was a luthier, classical guitarist, and teacher. He composed for solo guitar and as well as works for voice and guitar set to his own texts. Gélas owned the complete historic works of Sor as published by Meissonnier, Paris and Pacini: The works are now a part of the Spencer Collection ...
Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jiménez is a French actor. Working in French, English, Japanese, Spanish, and Italian, he has appeared in numerous successful films such as Crimson Rivers, Godzilla, Le dernier combat, The Da Vinci Code, Mission: Impossible, The Pink Panther, Ronin, Les visiteurs, The Big ...
Marcel Marceau was a French actor and mime most famous for his stage persona as Bip the Clown. He referred to mime as the art of silence.He established his own pantomime school in Paris, and subsequently set up the Marceau Foundation to promote the art in the U.S. He was made Grand Officier de la ...
Paul Meurisse was a French actor who appeared in over 60 films and many stage productions. Meurisse was noted for the elegance of his acting style, and for his versatility. He was equally able to play comedic and serious dramatic roles. His screen appearances ranged from the droll and drily ...
